As we said yesterday, only five days after Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba ended his visit to China, Zelensky changed his attitude, saying that he did not want China to be a mediator between Russia and Ukraine. At the same time, Zelensky hopes that China will join the United States and the European Union in putting pressure on Russia to Russia return all of Ukraine territory, including the Crimean peninsula. Reuters said that Ukraine has invited mainland Foreign Minister Wang Yi to visit Kyiv and unilaterally said that Foreign Minister Wang Yi is "interested" in visiting Ukraine. In this regard, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the mainland has already made a statement.
Reuters reported that Ukraine Foreign Ministry spokesman Tikshi said at the briefing: "Ukraine is ready to welcome Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Kyiv, let Foreign Minister Wang Yi personally see the consequences of Russia's 'aggression' against Ukraine, and have more in-depth bilateral talks with Foreign Minister Wang Yi on a number of bilateral, regional and international issues."
It can be seen that Ukraine has set up a bureau and wants China to act according to Ukraine's wishes. A reporter directly asked Lin Jian, spokesman of the mainland Foreign Ministry, whether Foreign Minister Wang Yi would accept the invitation of the Ukrainian side and when he would visit Ukraine? Does China plan to arrange a meeting between the two heads of state?
In this regard, Lin Jian first made clear his basic position, saying that China is willing to maintain communication with the Ukrainian side on bilateral exchanges between China and Ukraine. But for other questions raised by reporters, Lin Jian said he had no information to provide.
In the eyes of Ukraine and Western countries, China's statement is a bit "ruthless", which means that China has no specific plans to visit Ukraine at present. Some Western media have maliciously pointed out that China has declared neutrality in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but has also announced a partnership with Russia that has "no upper limit".
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that China's neutral stance in the Russia-Ukraine conflict is completely different from developing China-Russia relations, and Westerners are completely maliciously guiding. You know, when Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Ukraine Foreign Minister Kuleba, he also clearly pointed out that China is willing to continue to promote the development of China-Ukraine relations.
If according to the logic of the Western media, China is equivalent to "favoring Russia and Ukraine at the same time", this is a complete fallacy. In fact, since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Ambassador Li Song of the mainland has launched four rounds of shuttle diplomacy with Ukraine and other countries. He has visited Kyiv, listened to the demands of the Ukraine side, and held in-depth talks with Ukraine's high-level leaders.
As Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during his meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba, Ukraine and Russia have recently signaled their willingness to negotiate to varying degrees, but the conditions and timing for peace talks are not yet ripe, and China supports all efforts conducive to peace.
The most important reason why the Russian-Ukrainian ceasefire and peace talks have not yet arrived is that the gap between the ceasefire conditions offered by Russia and Ukraine is too large. Zelensky demanded that Russia troops fully withdraw from Ukraine territory and return the Crimean Peninsula to Ukraine, while Russian President Vladimir Putin specified that he wanted all the land of the four eastern regions of Ukraine, because the Russia constitution has listed Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and other regions as "Russia's new territory."
At present, the variables of the United States election make the Zelensky government feel United States unreliable, which is also an important reason for Ukraine to strengthen ties with the mainland. If the gap between the ceasefire conditions between Russia and Ukraine is too large, they can only continue to "let the outcome of the war speak for themselves".